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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Kerry Lynn Miller, Elkton, MD (US);
Inventor:
Kerry Lynn Miller, Elkton, MD (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scheduling process for loading samples into two or more centrifuges in a loading scheme that reduces the time required for high priority sample to be centrifuged. One centrifuge is initially loaded to about one-half of capacity and samples processed while the remaining centrifuge is loaded to full capacity before being operated. This creates a time-shift in the operational status of the two centrifuges so that a high-priority sample may advantageously be shuttled to whichever of the two centrifuges will be first-fully loaded and thus next-operated.